Intracortical recordings reveal the neuronal selectivity for bodies and body parts in the human visual cortex
Jesus Garcia Ramirez, Michael Vanhoyland, N. A. Ratan Murty, Thomas Decramer, Wim Van Paesschen, Stefania Bracci, Hans Op de Beeck, Nancy Kanwisher, Peter Janssen, Tom Theys · 2024
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Ramirez and co-authors record single neurons in the human visual cortex to see how the brain singles out bodies. Body reading underpins social life, yet human evidence was limited to coarse imaging. Their 2024 study plants electrodes in or near the brain's body area in two epilepsy surgery patients and logs cell firing across many images.
Cells strongly preferred human bodies over a wide range of control images. The taste for bodies was driven by selectivity for body parts, the team found. The preference held for silhouettes and stick figures, not just photographs. The authors say the data bridge human imaging and monkey recording studies and give model builders firm ground for how people process bodies.
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| CREATOR | Jesus Garcia Ramirez, Michael Vanhoyland, N. A. Ratan Murty, Thomas Decramer, Wim Van Paesschen, Stefania Bracci, Hans Op de Beeck, Nancy Kanwisher, Peter Janssen, Tom Theys |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 65 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |